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Shu-Wei Tseng 曾淑偉 LONGER BIO
Known for her exceptional technique, musicality, and her programme versatility,
Taiwanese-British musician Shu-Wei Tseng has won numerous prizes on both piano and cello. Concert performances have taken her across the UK, Europe, Russia, USA, and the Far East in major concert halls such as London‘s South Bank Purcell Room, Barbican Hall, St. John's Smith's Square, St.Martin-In-the-Fields, St James's Piccadilly, the Wigmore Hall, and the Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA. Recent performances include visits to Australia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Thailand and Russia.
Besides performing as a soloist, Shu-Wei specialises in Strings and Keyboard-related chamber music, in sonata partnerships, piano trios, piano quartets, and quintets, as either a cellist or pianist.
Her playing has been described as radiating a "passionate, energetic, researched, and committed personality with a powerful, fluid and beyond reproach technique" and producing "characters, colours, dynamics …. seldom heard in concerts".
Shu-Wei arrived in the UK shortly after winning first and second prizes at the National Taiwan competitions on the cello and piano where she received double scholarships to study at the Wells Cathedral School. She went on to London’s Royal Academy of Music to complete her Bachelors and Master’s degree, as well as her Licentiate (LRAM) on both cello and piano. In 2007, Shu-Wei left for America to pursue a fully funded Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder where she held a Research Assistantship and lectureships on the piano and cello, during which she received various performance and research prizes for her research in the ensemble issues between strings and keyboard instruments in sonata partnerships. Upon her DMA completion in 2010, Shu-Wei started teaching in Germany and has joined the faculty of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the United Kingdom since September 2010.
She has served as a juror member for competitions and given workshops or masterclasses in UK, Central Europe, Russia, America, and the Far East, including the recent International Mozart Competition held in Bangkok, Thailand. An avid educator, Shu-Wei has held teaching positions at the Royal institutions of the United Kingdom, The Yehudi Menuhin School, City of London School for Girls, Chamber Music course leadership at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Head of Keyboard and Strings, Teacher, and Director of Music positions. She has also held music residencies and fellowships working with beginners up to taught Masters degree, conducting lessons in English, Mandarin, and German. Shu-Wei holds a PGCE in Secondary Music with QTS, NPQSL, as well as a MSc. in Psychology alongside her other academic credentials.
Since 2016, Shu-Wei has represented the Taipei Consulate and Taiwan Ministry of Culture in the UK on various occasions, such as being the first featured musician at the Taiwan Cultural Salon music series, as well as the first artist to represent Taiwan for the Embassy and Cultural Institute Series at the St Martin-in-the-Fields in London on both of her instruments. In 2019, Shu-Wei gave an Australian solo debut on her two instruments and opened the 75th D-Day Commemoration Concert at the Notre Dame de Coutances Cathedral.
Recent highlights included solo piano and chamber music appearance at the award-winning New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck's sold-out European debut week, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, at London's Sadlers Wells Theatre in March, followed by performances on her two instruments in the following week in New York at a fundraising concert. Soon after, appearing as a guest artist on both instruments at the special event, celebrating Vietnam-UK 50th year diplomatic relationship.
Shu-Wei serves as a Global Ambassador and Forever Buffs Advisory Board member for CU Boulder and is currently based between London and New York. Since 2024, Shu-Wei joined the New York faculties at 92NY, RWS Global, New York Conservatory of Music, most recently the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and CUNY (Summer 2025). Shu-Wei has been invited to perform and featured in numerous prestigious events and venues such as the XXV International Chopin and Friends Festival's Final Promenade, New York University (NYU), Consulate General of Poland in New York, the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce opening, UN Go STUF United Fund Gala, National Opera Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Music Center, leaving incredible mark on the classical music scene. Upcoming Spring/Summer highlights include orchestral performanes as a section leader for The WA Sinfonietta and the Brooklyn Symphony, as well as solo and chamber music performances both of her instruments, followed by masterclasses and performances in Taiwan.
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Shu-Wei Tseng 曾淑偉 SHORT BIO
Shu-Wei Tseng is a Taiwanese-British musician acclaimed for her rare artistry and versatility as both pianist and cellist. Renowned for her vivid musicality, expressive depth, and “powerful, fluid technique,” she has captivated audiences worldwide in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and major concert halls across four continents in Europe, Asia, the USA, and Australia.
A prizewinner on both instruments, Shu-Wei’s early success in Taiwan’s national competitions earned her a full scholarship to the specialist Wells Cathedral School in the UK. She later completed LRAMs and degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Colorado Boulder, and an MSc in Psychology.
Alongside her performing career, Shu-Wei is a sought-after educator, having held positions at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music, and Royal Academy of Music. Since 2024, Shu-Wei joined New York faculties at 92NY, RWS Global, New York Conservatory of Music, and recently at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and CUNY. She regularly serves as a competition juror and give masterclasses internationally.
Equally at home as soloist and chamber musician, Shu-Wei maintains a vibrant international performance career.
She serves as a Global Ambassador and Forever Buffs Advisory Board member for CU Boulder and is currently based between London and New York. Recent highlights include her Australian solo debut, sold-out solo and chamber music performance at London's Sadler’s Wells with New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck for Peck's European debut, representing Taipei Consulate & Taiwan Ministry of Culture at international cultural events, as well as guest appearance at as Vietnam–UK 50th Anniversary Celebration in London.
Across the pond, Shu-Wei has been invited to perform and featured in numerous prestigious events and venues such as the XXV International Chopin and Friends Festival's Final Promenade, New York University (NYU), Consulate General of Poland in New York, the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce opening, UN Go STUF United Fund Gala, National Opera Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Music Center, leaving incredible mark on the classical music scene. Upcoming Spring/Summer highlights include orchestral performanes as a section leader for The WA Sinfonietta and the Brooklyn Symphony, as well as solo and chamber music performances both of her instruments, followed by masterclasses and performances in Taiwan.
For more information, please visit www.shu-weitseng.com.
Known for her exceptional technique, musicality, and her programme versatility,
Taiwanese-British musician Shu-Wei Tseng has won numerous prizes on both piano and cello. Concert performances have taken her across the UK, Europe, Russia, USA, and the Far East in major concert halls such as London‘s South Bank Purcell Room, Barbican Hall, St. John's Smith's Square, St.Martin-In-the-Fields, St James's Piccadilly, the Wigmore Hall, and the Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA. Recent performances include visits to Australia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Thailand and Russia.
Besides performing as a soloist, Shu-Wei specialises in Strings and Keyboard-related chamber music, in sonata partnerships, piano trios, piano quartets, and quintets, as either a cellist or pianist.
Her playing has been described as radiating a "passionate, energetic, researched, and committed personality with a powerful, fluid and beyond reproach technique" and producing "characters, colours, dynamics …. seldom heard in concerts".
Shu-Wei arrived in the UK shortly after winning first and second prizes at the National Taiwan competitions on the cello and piano where she received double scholarships to study at the Wells Cathedral School. She went on to London’s Royal Academy of Music to complete her Bachelors and Master’s degree, as well as her Licentiate (LRAM) on both cello and piano. In 2007, Shu-Wei left for America to pursue a fully funded Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado at Boulder where she held a Research Assistantship and lectureships on the piano and cello, during which she received various performance and research prizes for her research in the ensemble issues between strings and keyboard instruments in sonata partnerships. Upon her DMA completion in 2010, Shu-Wei started teaching in Germany and has joined the faculty of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in the United Kingdom since September 2010.
She has served as a juror member for competitions and given workshops or masterclasses in UK, Central Europe, Russia, America, and the Far East, including the recent International Mozart Competition held in Bangkok, Thailand. An avid educator, Shu-Wei has held teaching positions at the Royal institutions of the United Kingdom, The Yehudi Menuhin School, City of London School for Girls, Chamber Music course leadership at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Head of Keyboard and Strings, Teacher, and Director of Music positions. She has also held music residencies and fellowships working with beginners up to taught Masters degree, conducting lessons in English, Mandarin, and German. Shu-Wei holds a PGCE in Secondary Music with QTS, NPQSL, as well as a MSc. in Psychology alongside her other academic credentials.
Since 2016, Shu-Wei has represented the Taipei Consulate and Taiwan Ministry of Culture in the UK on various occasions, such as being the first featured musician at the Taiwan Cultural Salon music series, as well as the first artist to represent Taiwan for the Embassy and Cultural Institute Series at the St Martin-in-the-Fields in London on both of her instruments. In 2019, Shu-Wei gave an Australian solo debut on her two instruments and opened the 75th D-Day Commemoration Concert at the Notre Dame de Coutances Cathedral.
Recent highlights included solo piano and chamber music appearance at the award-winning New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck's sold-out European debut week, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends, at London's Sadlers Wells Theatre in March, followed by performances on her two instruments in the following week in New York at a fundraising concert. Soon after, appearing as a guest artist on both instruments at the special event, celebrating Vietnam-UK 50th year diplomatic relationship.
Shu-Wei serves as a Global Ambassador and Forever Buffs Advisory Board member for CU Boulder and is currently based between London and New York. Since 2024, Shu-Wei joined the New York faculties at 92NY, RWS Global, New York Conservatory of Music, most recently the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and CUNY (Summer 2025). Shu-Wei has been invited to perform and featured in numerous prestigious events and venues such as the XXV International Chopin and Friends Festival's Final Promenade, New York University (NYU), Consulate General of Poland in New York, the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce opening, UN Go STUF United Fund Gala, National Opera Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Music Center, leaving incredible mark on the classical music scene. Upcoming Spring/Summer highlights include orchestral performanes as a section leader for The WA Sinfonietta and the Brooklyn Symphony, as well as solo and chamber music performances both of her instruments, followed by masterclasses and performances in Taiwan.
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Shu-Wei Tseng 曾淑偉 SHORT BIO
Shu-Wei Tseng is a Taiwanese-British musician acclaimed for her rare artistry and versatility as both pianist and cellist. Renowned for her vivid musicality, expressive depth, and “powerful, fluid technique,” she has captivated audiences worldwide in venues such as London’s Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and major concert halls across four continents in Europe, Asia, the USA, and Australia.
A prizewinner on both instruments, Shu-Wei’s early success in Taiwan’s national competitions earned her a full scholarship to the specialist Wells Cathedral School in the UK. She later completed LRAMs and degrees from the Royal Academy of Music, a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Colorado Boulder, and an MSc in Psychology.
Alongside her performing career, Shu-Wei is a sought-after educator, having held positions at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal College of Music, and Royal Academy of Music. Since 2024, Shu-Wei joined New York faculties at 92NY, RWS Global, New York Conservatory of Music, and recently at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and CUNY. She regularly serves as a competition juror and give masterclasses internationally.
Equally at home as soloist and chamber musician, Shu-Wei maintains a vibrant international performance career.
She serves as a Global Ambassador and Forever Buffs Advisory Board member for CU Boulder and is currently based between London and New York. Recent highlights include her Australian solo debut, sold-out solo and chamber music performance at London's Sadler’s Wells with New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck for Peck's European debut, representing Taipei Consulate & Taiwan Ministry of Culture at international cultural events, as well as guest appearance at as Vietnam–UK 50th Anniversary Celebration in London.
Across the pond, Shu-Wei has been invited to perform and featured in numerous prestigious events and venues such as the XXV International Chopin and Friends Festival's Final Promenade, New York University (NYU), Consulate General of Poland in New York, the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce opening, UN Go STUF United Fund Gala, National Opera Center, the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kauffman Music Center, leaving incredible mark on the classical music scene. Upcoming Spring/Summer highlights include orchestral performanes as a section leader for The WA Sinfonietta and the Brooklyn Symphony, as well as solo and chamber music performances both of her instruments, followed by masterclasses and performances in Taiwan.
For more information, please visit www.shu-weitseng.com.
